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Raised without faith, Adam Leith Gollner was struck by mankind's tireless attempts to cheat increasing age and death. In a very narrative that pivots between profundity and hilarity, he brings us into the world of those whose lives are molded by a opinion in immortality. From a Jesuit priest on his deathbed to antiaging analysts at Harvard, Gollner - sorting real truth from absurdity - canvasses faith and technology for information, along with an array of cults, misconceptions, and fringe results. He journeys to David Copperfield's archipelago in the Bahamas, where the magician claims to acquire found "a liquid that reverses genes". He explores a cryonics facility, attends a costume party set in the year 2068 with a group of radical life-extensionists, and soaks in the transformative mineral waters at the Esalen Institute. Looking to history, Gollner sessions St. Augustine, Florida, where Ponce de Leon is thought to have sought the Fountain of Youth. Combining immersive reporting, thorough research, and lyrical prose, Gollner graphs the climb of longevity technology from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions. He delves into the symbolic representation of eternal life and its connection to drinking water. Interlaced throughout is a powerful meditation on the nature of belief, exhibiting how every report we notify about immortality is a story about this is of death.
